Brush-hook



(No Model.)

W. J. CHAPMAN & G. KENNEDY.

BRUSH HOOK.

No. 371,923. Patented 0013.25, 1887.

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NITED STATES PATENT Erica.

BRUSH-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,923, dated October25, 1887.

Application filed March 5, 1887. Serial No. 229,830. (No model.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM JOEL CHAP- MAN and. GEORGE KENNEDY,citizens of the United States, residing at Plymouth, in the county ofHancock and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Brush-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in brush-hooks, the object beingto provide a compact, durable, and effective implement that will cut thebrush more rapidly and closer to the ground, and will cut stemsofgreater thickness than hooks of ordinary constructions.

A further object of the invention is to permit the hook to be used as achopper.

The invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of thehook-blade, its combination with the snath, and certain details ofconstruction and arrangement, as hereinafter described, illustrated inthe drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel represents a perspective view ofthe improved brush-hook. Fig. Z'represents areversed plan view of thesame. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal sectional view of the implement.Fig. 4 is a detail view of the blade. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectionalview taken on thelinewm of Fig. 2 and looking toward the hook.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A desi gnates the snath of thehook, having the usual double-curved or flatly-sigmoid form, as shown inthe drawings, and B B are the nibs secured thereto in the usual positionby the flexible metal rods O, bent into rings a at their central parts,which rings are set in circumferential grooves a in the snath, The endportions, 0, of each rod O are bent together outwardly from the ring 0,and pass axially through the corresponding nib B, the ends of the rodbeing bent flat down on the outer end of the nib. Thus the nibs aresecured very strongly to the snath without .boring the same. Should anib break, it can be replaced with little cost and loss of time.

D represents the blade,which is flat, and has the straight portion Fandthe curved hook f at the outer end thereof. The point f of the said hookis curved upward slightly, as shown in Figs. 3, 4i, and 5, therebypreventing the said point from catching inthe ground when the blade isbeingswung horizontally over the same when in use. At the inner end ofthe straight portion F is the heel-plate d,wh1ch is inclined upward at aslight angle, asshown clearly in Figs. 1, 3, and 4, thereby adapting thesnath, which is attached to the heel, to be in a suitable inclinedposition to be grasped by the hands when the blade is horizontal or flaton the ground. Thelower end of the snath is secured to the heel byclip-bolts E, which have their ends 6 threaded, passed through suitableopenings in the heel of the blade, and engaged by nuts 6', therebycausing the curved central portions of the clip-bolts which pass aroundthe snath to firmly clamp the latter to the heel of the blade. Thestraight portion F of the blade may be used as a chopping-edge whennecessary.

It is evident from the above description that the implement is ofsimple, strong, compact, and durable construction, and that from themannerin which the blade lies upon the surface of the ground and the wayin which it 1s beveled, it will cut the brush down to the very surfaceof the ground, if desired.

Having thus described our invention, we claim-- 1. In a brush-hook, theblade having the straight portion F, the heel d, inclined from the innerend of part F upward and backward, and the curved hookfat the outer end.of part F and having the pointf upturned, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described brush-hook,consisting of the snath A, bent intoa sigmoid form, as described, and provided with the circumferentialgrooves a a, the nibs B, the flexible rods 0, fitting in the grooves aand running axially through the nibs, the blade having the straight partF, the hook j, and the upwardbent pointf', the clips E, and the nuts ec, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM JOEL CHAPMAN. GEORGE KENNEDY.

WVitnesses:

LoUIs G. RADKEY, B. G. TrroMrsoN.

